[ Midnight laughs, tosses his hair, and steadies himself. Well... If nothing else, he has enough fighting experience to know what a grounded stance should look like, and he has the confidence to sell it, too.
He grins. ]
We're both in luck. My acting skills aren't bad.
[ And putting his full trust in her, and without much more delay — after all, the audience wants their show, and they can't plan much more without arousing suspicion — he charges her, going for a fairly generic grapple. Not a bad one, by any means — it actually looks like he's done some practical training, perhaps in a military outfit — but it's well telegraphed, a move that should be easy to dodge or parry, should a capable fighter be facing him.
(He's trusting that he's facing a capable fighter. He doesn't mind taking a tumble, but capable fighters tend to know how to look out for their opponent as well as themselves. Midnight himself isn't at that level yet, and he knows it.) ]
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He grins. ]
We're both in luck. My acting skills aren't bad.
[ And putting his full trust in her, and without much more delay — after all, the audience wants their show, and they can't plan much more without arousing suspicion — he charges her, going for a fairly generic grapple. Not a bad one, by any means — it actually looks like he's done some practical training, perhaps in a military outfit — but it's well telegraphed, a move that should be easy to dodge or parry, should a capable fighter be facing him.
(He's trusting that he's facing a capable fighter. He doesn't mind taking a tumble, but capable fighters tend to know how to look out for their opponent as well as themselves. Midnight himself isn't at that level yet, and he knows it.) ]